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Unusual confirmation name was a no-brainer for this convert.
Jane Tomaszewski was thinking about becoming a Catholic when she learned an unusual fact about herself.
She’s the direct descendant of a canonized saint.
“That was the clincher for me: ‘Oh, I think I was meant to be Catholic,’” Tomaszewski told the Register.
The rarity is a conversation starter, but also a question mark, as Hans Whitmer, the director of faith formation at Tomaszewski’s parish, told the Register, describing the time he first heard about it last summer, before Tomaszewski joined the parish’s adult conversion program.
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Jane Tomaszewski was thinking about becoming a Catholic when she learned an unusual fact about herself.
She’s the direct descendant of a canonized saint.
“That was the clincher for me: ‘Oh, I think I was meant to be Catholic,’” Tomaszewski told the Register.
The rarity is a conversation starter, but also a question mark, as Hans Whitmer, the director of faith formation at Tomaszewski’s parish, told the Register, describing the time he first heard about it last summer, before Tomaszewski joined the parish’s adult conversion program.
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New Catholic Is Direct Descendant of Canonized Catholic Martyr
Unusual confirmation name was a no-brainer for this convert.
It's to the east of Grand Rapids, kind of a commuter area for folks who work in the city. Never been to St. Robert of Newminster, but I have heard of it.
